Lecture1 1.What’s the “ economizing problem”? Scarce resources VS. unlimted wants. ( labor‚ capital‚ land) 2. Are “normative statements”(规范声明) merely factual and free of value-judgment? No‚ normative is prescriptive. Things should be postive and factual. 3. Define the “fallacy of composition”. Fallacy of composition(组合谬误) is false generation. 4. Money is not considered a resource. Why? Because money is not a product. 5. Why is the production possibilities curve downsloping? Because
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The stakeholder’s paradox‚ according to Kenneth Goodpaster‚ is that neither Milton Friedman and Ed Freeman’s theories about stakeholders is completely right Milton Friedman says that a company’s main goal is to maximize profits only to the stockholders. The owners own the corporation and therefore the profits belong to them. So why care about anyone else other than the shareholders? Everyone else involved are merely strategic tools that assist in some way to maximize profits but don’t benefit in
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he said he was afraid of the water. I only get to catch that part of the whole performance because I was having dinner with my parents. For the rest of the time‚ I was playing game with my friends online; they are all like me‚ not interested in the NDP celebration. But during primary 5‚ I had the chance to go to the national day celebrations‚ like the rest of the other primary school students. I only chose to go because my teacher told us that we had to do a project regarding the celebrations. It
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Quebecois‚ otherwise called Quebecers) Is Quebec a Nation? A Nation is an imagined political community‚ and Quebec passes using this definition Even the Conservative government (a party that like to call all their Quebec opponents “Separatists” (i.e. NDP MPS) agrees that Quebec is a nation “That this House recognizes that the Quebecois form a nation within a united Canada” Introduced 22 November 2006. Motion passes 266-16 Arguing about Quebec is a great example of Filling the National Centre. Quebec
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Topic/Title Assessing challenges of urban roads infrastructure planning and provision in Secondary towns in Uganda‚ A case of Kitgum Town council. Introduction/background In most developing countries‚ Uganda inclusive‚ the demand for the transport sector is very high yet the resources available to government to provide adequate transport services are limited. The growth of transport is important for the development of the economy because it facilitates trade‚ tourism‚ mobility and cultural
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On the greasy pole: The Canadian Conservative Party Whether or not the Conservative party will secure another majority government in the 2015 elections is a question occupying everyone’s mind. There are‚ of course‚ arguments to support both the possibilities yet the debate seems to be lopsided. The Canadian Conservatism as well as the Conservative party is bound to fail‚ eventually‚ at replacing the Liberal party in its role as the federal level governing party of Canada. There are certain
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Policy (NEP) which was later replaced by Mahathir Mohammad’s New Development Policy (NDP) which embodied the ideals which was in his famous book‚ “Malay Dilemma”. Mahathir Mohamad had even coined the term ‘affirmative action’ which represented the favoring for Malays for the welfare of the country. (Quah‚ 2010‚ April 14) Last March 2010‚ Prime Minister Najib Razak was under fire for trying to change the NDP into the New Economic Model (NEM) which aimed to lessen the pro-Malay economic policies
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36.74 yrs) arrested for driving while intoxicated (DWI). Five subtypes were defined through cluster analysis of driving-attitudinal‚ personality‚ and hostility measures. Two subtypes were found to have particularly high levels of risk-enhancing traits. The first was characterized by the highest levels of depression and resentment as well as the lowest levels of assertiveness‚ emotional adjustment‚ and perceived control. The second was characterized by the highest levels of driving-related aggression
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INTRODUCTION Many countries in Africa have governments that do not perform up to the required standards resulting in economic crises. Neo-liberals and International Financial Institutions maintain that this consequently arises from state intervention . Personally I believe state intervention is necessary for sustainable development‚ equitable distribution of scarce resources and eventually peace and stability. To procure all these‚ the state has to shoulder various developmental roles. The World
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Political Party Research Projects Conservative Party of Canada Platform The Conservative Party platform is that now is not the time for instability. Canadians are concerned for their children future and their jobs. Our Prime Minister Stephen Harper‚ will try and meet their goals and they will try and stay on course. Issue by Issue Environment * Canadian families will have safe environment as possible‚ clean water and air. * $1 billion in support to have research done on clean
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